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Russia records over 28,000 coronavirus cases in the past day
MOSCOW, Dec 13, 2020 (BSS/ TASS) – Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by
28,080 in the past day to 2,653,928, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told
reporters on Sunday.
In the past two days the growth rate did not exceed 1.1%, according to the
crisis center.
The lowest growth rates in the past day were registered in the Tyva
Republic, the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Region, the Nenets Autonomous Region
and Mari El (0.6%), the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, the Jewish Autonomous
Region, the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Mordovia, the Orenburg,
Novosibirsk, Kemerovo Regions and Dagestan (0.7%).
Moscow confirmed 6,425 new coronavirus cases in the past day and the total
case tally in the capital reached 692,210. The growth rate in new cases
reached 1%, according to the crisis center. Some 3,768 coronavirus cases were
recorded in St. Petersburg, 1,444 in the Moscow Region, 497 in the Nizhny
Novgorod Region, 417 in the Republic of Karelia and 401 in the Arkhangelsk
Region.
Currently, 500,752 people are undergoing treatment in Russia.
Death toll
Russia reported 488 COVID-19 deaths in the past day versus 560 a day
earlier and the total death toll hit 46,941.
The mortality rate remained at 1.77%, according to the crisis center.
Moscow confirmed 72 deaths from the coronavirus in the past day. Some 67
deaths were registered in St. Petersburg, 31 in the Moscow Region, 27 in the
Rostov Region, 21 in the Krasnoyarsk Region and 18 in the Sverdlovsk Region.
Recoveries
Some 20,277 coronavirus patients recovered in Russia in the past day and
the total number of recoveries reached 2,106,235. According to the crisis
center, the total number of recoveries remained at 79.4% of all those
infected.
Some 4,841 patients were discharged in Moscow in the past day. Another
2,151 patients recovered in St. Petersburg, 962 in the Moscow Region, 531 in
the Arkhangelsk Region, 433 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region and 393 in the
Sverdlovsk Region.
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